Hello All!
Another speedy week for me. It's weird because the
weeks go by so fast but the days feel long. Like every night we're like wow did
we really do that this morning? It feels so long ago. haha. Anyways nothing to exciting this
week again. We did meet some Brazilians (including one from Recife) and we were trying to use our Portuguese with them and they try to use their English with us. It is fun and we're definitely gonna try to sit with them during meals to get some real practice in. About exactly two weeks left in the MTC! I should be getting my reassignment next week around Tuesday-ish. Since I still haven't gotten my visa. But I'm actually pretty excited! It's like getting two mission calls.
week again. We did meet some Brazilians (including one from Recife) and we were trying to use our Portuguese with them and they try to use their English with us. It is fun and we're definitely gonna try to sit with them during meals to get some real practice in. About exactly two weeks left in the MTC! I should be getting my reassignment next week around Tuesday-ish. Since I still haven't gotten my visa. But I'm actually pretty excited! It's like getting two mission calls.
I'm trying to speak more Portuguese out of class,
just so that I can learn and speak more fluidly. Plus, our teachers encourage
us too. We got to teach TRC again this week which was again just teaching
return missionaries. One had gone to Portugal and one who went to Brazil. The
one that went to Brazil told us not to worry about messing up speaking because
one time she mixed up the verbs "to ask" and "to fart" in a
lesson and the family laughed super hard! Hahahaha! Hopefully I won't make super embarrassing
mistakes but if I do maybe it'll make the Brazeileros laugh.
This week we got chosen to Host. So tomorrow I get
to take new missionaries and show them around the MTC and let them in on all
the low-down. Still can't believe it's been a month since I came here. This
past week we learned a lot more about including our investigators into the
lesson. Because it's hard for someone to learn when you're just jabbing words
at them.
I read "Our Search for Happiness" by M.
Russell M. Ballard on Sunday. It's a super great book. For all you non-mormons,
I think Dean calls them Nomos, you should definitely read it because it is like
the easiest way to understand what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is all about in a plain and simple way. Oh we watched "The
Testaments" on Sunday night and it was so sweet. I haven't seen it in
forever and I forgot how cool it is. Jesus is awesome! Oh and also we learned a
lot about repentance and forgiveness this week and I want to just encourage you
guys to forgive people that have wronged you. It's a complete waste of your
time to hold grudges. Well till next week! Amo vocês!
Elder Waters
